Got 42 on my way home from work last night, 41.8 on the way home tonight. About 37 miles. Had the car about a week and just got my scan gauge calibrated properly so I've only had good numbers the last two days. 40-50 degrees at about 700ft elevation. It's not all highway though, but mostly Lol
Posted this pic in the fuelly thread too... You can see my post there too if you'd like, I posted some info on how I hypermile there

Maybe it's my impatience, but I'm not terribly impressed with the gas mileage. The car seems geared towards lower speeds (much lower than the 75-80 I usually do).

I get about 33mpg with 87 oct at the 75-80 assuming there's not heavy traffic. This is in not too hilly areas. Hills kill that pretty quickly.

I know that if i slow down I could probably do much better but I would rather shave time than save a few pennies. The city performance is quite good though. I get damn near 30 with quite a bit of stop and go, and while I don't launch from a stop I don't shift at 2000 and take forever to get up to speed. It's scary to think this thing gets twice the gas mileage as my old '92 camaro did with the same type of driving attitude/acceleration (not when floored, but I drive the same).

I've been really thinking about getting a CAI, and aside from the one post noting poorer performance I was wondering if others experienced that.

Got 42 on my way home from work last night, 41.8 on the way home tonight. About 37 miles. Had the car about a week and just got my scan gauge calibrated properly so I've only had good numbers the last two days. 40-50 degrees at about 700ft elevation. It's not all highway though, but mostly Lol
Posted this pic in the fuelly thread too... You can see my post there too if you'd like, I posted some info on how I hypermile there

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What! 42mpg?

I see you live in Easton Pa...I am back and forth from that area to nyc all the time. Today I will be driving passed easton, Taking I-78 to rt 33 to rt 209. I have had my car almost a year and have made that trip dozens of times, at 65-75mph...and my mileage is horrible. 30-33mpg max.

Which is horrible in my opinion.

The only time I ever got "good" mileage was driving from NY to Rhode Island...at sea level...doing 70-75mph...I got 37mpg.

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